Improvement in tea-kettles



w. c. DAVIS.

`Teal Kettle.

Patented Aug. 18,1863;

(UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM o. nAvIs, 0E CINCINNATI, oEIo.

IMPROVEMENT IN TEA-KETTLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that'I, WM. C. DAVIS, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tea-Kettles and otherCovered Hollow Ware; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making part of this specification.

My invention has for its object a simple and effective form of hingedcover or lid for teakettles and other cast hollow ware, which may becompleted in the acts of molding and casting, and, although easilyattached and detached, be perfectly secure against accidentaldisplacement.

Figure l represents the upper portion of a kettle embodying myinvention, the cover being represented in place and in the closedposition. Fig. 2 represents the same parts with the cover detached. Fig.3 is a vertical section of the hinge to illustrate the mode of attachingand detachin g the cover. Fig. Lis a vertical section to illustrate theopen position of the cover.

A represents the upper part of a cast kettle-body. B B are thebail-ears. The body A is boxed out at C. The upper part of the boxing C-has the represented socket D E E for the reception of the pintle F F,which forms a part of the cover G.' rIhe socket D E E is cylindroidal,the major diameter being vertical, or, in other words, is formedovaling, to enable the shipping and unshipping of the cover, aspresently explained.

H is an aperture in the boxing to receive a tongue, I, which projectsfrom the cover.

Construction: With the exception of the i bail, the kettle consists ofbut two very simi red lines, Fig. 3.)

ple and easily-molded castings, whose manu-v facture requires nospecific directions. A

cover and a body having been taken indifferently from the heap, thepintle F F of the cover is inserted in the socket D E E by presentingthe cover horizontally and entering first the longer and then theshorter end of the pintle in their appropriate places. (See The cover,being now released, drops of its own weight to its place. (See blacklines, Fig. 3.)

Operation: It will be seen that the cover in its closed position ispreserved from dislodgment both by the tongue I and the rim J ot' thecover. (See black lines, Fig. 3.) Let now the kettle be tipped or eveninverted. It will be apparent that the cover, by falling open, will haveits tongue I more fully entered within the aperture H, and consequentlythat the tongue I and pintle F F will act in conjunction to hold thecover on. The cover can be unshipped only by reversing the order ofmanipulations described for its attachment, and that order'cannotpossibly take place by accident, because the cover can open of its ownweight only by vibrating upon its hinge.

I claim herein as new and of my invention- The mode of hinging thecovers of tea-ket tles and other cast hollow ware, consisting of` theoval socket D E E', pintle F F', tongue I, and aperture H, or theiriequivalents, the whole being combined and operating as set forth.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

' WILLIAM C. DAVIS. Witnesses:

GEO. H. KNIGHT, OHARLEs L. FISHER.

